The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU)

What patents, copyrights and trademarks (and trade secrets) achieve is unclear to most people. A better understanding of the strengths and weakness of the IP system — and how IP rights impact business and society — benefits everyone, including consumers, students and entrepreneurs.  Understanding IP basics enhances respect for creative expression and facilitates jobs.

The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) is an independent non-profit organization established in 2016 that raises awareness about the impact of IP on people, business and society. CIPU provides outreach to improve IP awareness and promote sharing. It holds events, such as the annual IP Awareness SummitÒ and curates IdeasMatter.com and IPBasics.org, information portals. Bruce produces and hosts for CIPU ‘Understanding IP Matters,’ a top ranked podcast series that has generated more than 15,000 downloads. UIPM provides a platform for leading innovators, experts and business executives. CIPU has more than 25 partners and affiliates.

Understanding IP Maters Podcast

IPWatchdog is proud to partner with the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU), to bring you their podcast, Understanding IP Matters, which explores the intellectual property story of people who have succeeded in the world of invention, creative expression, and brand – some with the scars to prove it. ‘Understanding IP Matters’ looks at the journey from creator to entrepreneur.